The conference will focus on STEM education and include keynote addresses about Raisbeck Aviation High School, the first aviation-themed college prep high school in the nation.

Raisbeck opened a new and permanent campus near the Museum of Flight in Burien last fall after previously operating out of two temporary locations since 2004. The school is part of the Highline School District, but about half of its students come from elsewhere, including Bremerton.

Keynote speakers at the Sept. 19 conference will be Douglas King, president and CEO of the Museum of Flight, and Raisbeck Aviation High School Principal Reba Gilman.

Other speakers include Olympic College President Dr. David Mitchell, retiring Port of Bremerton CEO Tim Thomson and Ed Stern, a Poulsbo city councilman and boardmember of the Association of Washington Cities, Puget Sound Regional Council, and Kitsap Regional Coordinating Council.

Conference fees cost $50 for WSTA members and $60 for nonmembers. For information about the conference, or about WSTA, go to www.westsoundtechnology.org.